With the police and the courts setting their sights on cricket, Mike Atherton says that even this year’s IPL is under threat

The World Twenty20 continues to provide marvellous entertainment, showcasing
much of the best the sport can offer, but off the field cricket is in a
mess. The administration of the game is creaking under the scrutiny of, in
India, the highest court in the land and, elsewhere, under the gaze of the
Metropolitan Police and the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).

Yesterday, India’s Supreme Court continued to put pressure on the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and, in particular, Narayanaswami
Srinivasan, the president of the BCCI and chairman-elect of the ICC. A
spring cleaning of stables